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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29772/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the hen harrier scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29748/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: How many accidents the cause of which is unattributed occurred as a direct result of overgrown hedges? Neither the RSA, local authorities, the Garda Síochána nor any other organisation has an accurate figure for the number of deaths, serious injuries and other injuries caused by the lack of maintenance of hedges on our roads. The Members who continually talk about birds and bees...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to put the following statement into the record of the Dáil. It is about the protection of a very important species, namely, the human species. I am going to relay a true story about a lady. I will not give her name because she is now deceased but it is no harm to recount her story and how she was affected by this issue we are debating. Despite her advanced years, this lady...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to explain to the ambassador and the people in the Gallery the reason there are so few members present. It is due to the fact that a vote has just been called in the Seanad and some members have had to rush off. Other members are involved in votes at various committees so they will come in and out of the meeting. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the ambassador very much for being here. I neglected to welcome the ambassador's deputy and his wife. I thank them for coming here today. We very much appreciate the ambassador's presence before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the Brexit negotiations, how does the ambassador plan to assist and put his shoulder to the wheel to give momentum and support to the negotiations over the next days, week and months? Migration has become a big challenge since the European Council meeting last week. Does the ambassador believe an agreement, understanding or some better way forward can be found during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the ambassador for his replies and call Senator Craughwell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: On behalf of members of the committee, I thank the ambassador for taking time to be with us here today. He said this was the first time he had appeared at a meeting of Members of the Oireachtas. He did very well and he has no need to fear meeting parliamentarians in future. Again, I thank him for his engagement and I am sure he knows we appreciate his time. As I have always stated, he is...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Following on from the CervicalCheck scandal, many people in the thalidomide community had hoped their litigation would be completed in a sensitive and timely fashion, rather than through an adversarial court system. It is clear the Minister for Health has instructed his legal team to endeavour to achieve a technical knock-out of the thalidomide litigants' entitlement by bringing a spurious...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (4 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in a company (details supplied) receiving approval from SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29492/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I do whatever I am told.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful to be given the opportunity to speak to this important debate. I would like to put on the record a statement that I have made before when we talked about the protection of wildlife and the protection of the future of our family farms. The people who are best able to protect our countryside, who know what is right for land and what is right for wildlife, are the people who own...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: There is an awful difference between people making what Deputy Boyd Barrett might call outrageous profits and people making a living. I can see nothing wrong with that and provided that at the end of the day people can have affordable housing and that it will not be exorbitant, that is what we all want. I would be worried too when I see the way prices are going, that again it is going...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Between the two of us now so.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, approximately four minutes each.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: First of all, I will not use the time to take potshots at anybody about his or her political policies in the past, whatever the party he or she is from. I thank Deputy Wallace for bringing this matter to the fore. Whether one agrees or disagrees with some of what it contains, it is only healthy and right that we have a debate. I would sometimes have to take issue with Deputy Boyd Barrett,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28691/18]